Scientists have uncovered 12 severed hands buried in ancient Egyptian burial pits ... in the Hyksos palace located in the ancient city of Avaris, modern-day Tell el-Dab'a. The severed hands ...

Rameses I was born in the mid-14th century B.C. His home lay near Avaris, a town in northern Egypt situated on the far side of the great fan-like Nile Delta from where Alexandria sits today (see map).